memorial day.

i'm not going to get too detailed on our memorial day.

there were homemade bubbles.

big ones.

there was whining about sitting in the "prickly grass" and band-aid removal time.

and there was time spent on base

and at the va hospital.

happy memorial day.

hope you remembered what it was for.

if not, the tough guys below will remind you.

'operation awesome weekend'.

'operation awesome weekend' was a success.

(after the dehart's parked in the right driveway...

she had our neighbors address in her book--haha!)

here are some of the fun photos from the weekend.

we ate dinner at stroud's.

not the place for squirrelly kids.

i'm sure people were staring at leslie and i.

we kept busting out our big 'ol cameras.

jen's kids were perfect little angels.

of course they were too tired to move,

but hey...still perfect.

they'd spent the day outside in their inflatable pool.

grant and justin always crack us up.

they are like bff's when we hang out.

below, justin is impersonating emily's whiney face.

haha.

there's a buffalo statue outside at stroud's.

not sure if you're suppose to get on it,

but we needed to entertain some kids!

oh, that cole.

he always hides when i try to take a photo of him.

this time he peered around grant,

ever so slightly.

so cute.

the girls went out to on the border for a late bite.

blasted leslie's ice cream was screaming at me.

don't look directly at it!

the waittress took a pic of us.

as you can see,

i didn't adjust the settings after taking food shots,

so i'm focused and the other two...not so much.

jen and i learned a few things:

1. presents must always include chocolate(thanks gwen and leslie!)

2. late late is the time to go to on the border cause you get discounts.

3. talking in the parking lot for an hour is not cool....

especially since i had photos in the morning.

i got home after midnight.

i'm not pleasant early in the morning.

i also learned that i am avoiding the park until fall,

when it gets cold and kills all the blasted mosquitos.

those suckers had invaded swanson park and we could barely sit still long enough

to take some photos.

we hit delano, instead.

(jen wasn't feeling well, so she missed all the humid fun)

i managed to get a few shots of my kids, too.

emily's flower is courtesy of 'brag bling and bows'

by dina ross.

go to etsy.com and type in dinaross09,

clicking on 'sellers'.

she lives here in town.

love her.

i cannot believe i ever forgot what aiden was like at 2.

little emily was a spittin' image of 2 yr. personality that aiden had.

i got some great shots of her on this ledge.

apparently there are people that lived in the buildings behind,

and their dog came out to greet us....above her head,

on the roof.

it was great.

we visited the warren parking garage and took this shot

of leslie and scott.

they were so fun to shoot.

leslie and i took turns taking pics of each

others family.

lots of fun.

the kids tried to keep themselves occupied while they waited.

water puddles were a big hit.

it had JUST rained.

so emily and aiden were at the rails yelling out,

"let. us. out!

if you're not going to let us out,

then i'm going to give you a spankin'!"

once photos were done,

we headed to lunch.

leslie had asked for some sugar sisters.

they were closed.

the nerve of them.

so we went down the street to a wichita fave,

nu way.

we enjoyed our lunch,

said good-bye to our friends and sent them in the direction

of the mall(um, only he drove the opposite way and i had to text and prompt

him to take his 'other left' out of the parking area. :)).

little emily wanted to play at the kid zone area.

she knows what you do at a mall!!

haha.

good thing they just put one in here!

thanks, dehart family for the awesome weekend!!!

a visit from oklahoma.

leslie has come and gone.

we are sooooo worn out today.

not a fan of early morning photo shoots.

or mosquitos in the park.

avoiding the park til fall.

here are some shots of the dehart's.

view the rest here.

back peddlin'.

yesterday...

they will be the first to admit it.

they like puddles.

but nothing puts an end to puddle time

like seeing daddy's car pull up.

one more, mom.

what replaces puddles??

why a tent in the living room,

of course.

justin shot this through the netting at the top.

and before i forget....

they are finally here.

and i can now look cool chewing on my glasses

like everyone else.

haha.

and finally....

do you see these old people?!?

that old man was on his hands and knees hand pulling

weeds today.

i could kick his butt for even thinking about

doing that.

i yelled at my parents today for that.

they have a lot behind the businesses on the

property that jack owns.

weeds reside there.

i wish i'd taken a before shot of this.

it was awful.

justin took care of it, though.

as well as took out a tree stump.

i asked my mom if she remembered how annoying

her mom was when she'd say,
"i can get it, don't worry about it."

for everything.

that's how i feel mom.

annoyed.

frustrated.

i am now in charge of you

and you will listen to me. :)

see the dark green bushy weed in the middle?

the back area was filled with those,

only they were 3-4 ft tall from all the rain.

my parents.

ergh.

the infamous leslie comes to town tomorrow.

can. not. wait.

i'm doing her photos.

she's doing our family photos.

jen's, as well.

so excited!!

missing a hair or two.

introducing.....

"the sassinator"

and aiden's award winning performance of

"it's too bright",

 modeling their new haircuts.

i paid more than i ever wanted to,

but it was way worth it.

they were soooo still!!

i told aiden he looked like a cool dude and he said,

"yeah!! and awesome!"

that's his new word.

awesome.

great.

(we have a skylight--it's the reason for this cool. shot. i love it.)